Elsewhere: Stories
Deft ... Explore[s] the power of language across the Chinese diaspora to either bring people together or push them apart.
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Ge has lived in Britain and Ireland, and the collection captures the spirit of both her birthplace and her adopted homes in a variety of registers. The stories set here have a whiff of autofiction to them, but transcend their origins with style and wit ... It’s Ge’s stories set in China that are the most formally adventurous ... Struck by the quality of writing irrespective of its setting, we wonder what we have been missing in Ge’s earlier, untranslated fiction.
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A short story collection can be a great vehicle for showcasing different styles and forms, and so it is with Yan Ge’s Elsewhere ... There is an impressive range to the nine stories in her collection ... A collection of depth and dimension. The spare, limpid prose style in many of the stories allows for moments of strong emotional impact.
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